DukeTogoG13MR
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Alright. Here is the deal... Just six months ago... I have purchased a 200 gal tank, and stocked it with fish, with which have rapidly grown. My 4 Sengal Bichirs went from being 3 inches to almost 8 inches, in the first two months, and now are around 13-14 inches and seem to still be groaning. Along with the rapid growths are my two brown african knives and two black ghost knives... My peacock eel is seems normal. The Burmese Boarder loaches seems to have the case of fishy 'roids as well because they are about 3-4 inches larger than what I've researched. Same with my green Cory cats, they have reached 4 and 5 inches. The only ones that seem to have stayed "normal" are the honey gouramis, my rubber lipped and high fin plecos, and as I'm typing this. The Angelfish that my wife had put in there last night as a Christmas gift is now gone... Pointing a finger at the knives and Bichir... Told her it was to small...
Now onto the point... I'm not about to buy or build another tank, this one is already huge enough, I was wondering. Seeing as I live in El Paso, Tx, if I made a pond in my backyard around 500+ gallons, with pumps, heaters, cleaners, etc. would these fish live??? Seeing as they destroy the guppies and neons I use to feed them, I could ditch the 10 gallon feeder/ breeder tank and move them to the 200 gallon tank.
I also thought Sengal Bichirs where lazy and ambush predators??? They race with the knife fish and even gang up on the feeders like a pack of wolves... Is this normal???
Growing*
Now onto the point... I'm not about to buy or build another tank, this one is already huge enough, I was wondering. Seeing as I live in El Paso, Tx, if I made a pond in my backyard around 500+ gallons, with pumps, heaters, cleaners, etc. would these fish live??? Seeing as they destroy the guppies and neons I use to feed them, I could ditch the 10 gallon feeder/ breeder tank and move them to the 200 gallon tank.
I also thought Sengal Bichirs where lazy and ambush predators??? They race with the knife fish and even gang up on the feeders like a pack of wolves... Is this normal???
Growing*